1997 Ballon d'Or

1997 Ballon d'Or
1997 Ballon d'Or
	1997 Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo
Date	23 December 1997
Presented by	France Football
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1997 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Ronaldo on 23 December 1997.^[1] The Brazilian became the youngest winner of the award, at 21 years old.^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Ronaldo	Barcelona Internazionale	Brazil	222
2	Predrag Mijatović	Real Madrid	FR Yugoslavia	68
3	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus	France	63
4	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal	Netherlands	53
5	Roberto Carlos	Real Madrid	Brazil	47
6	Andreas Möller	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	40
7	Raúl	Real Madrid	Spain	35
8	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	Denmark	19
9	Jürgen Kohler	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	17
10	Matthias Sammer	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	16
10	Christian Vieri	Atlético Madrid	Italy	16
12	Youri Djorkaeff	Internazionale	France	15
13	Luis Enrique	Barcelona	Spain	14
14	Luís Figo	Barcelona	Portugal	12
15	Gianfranco Zola	Chelsea	Italy	11
15	Krasimir Balakov	VfB Stuttgart	Bulgaria	11
17	Didier Deschamps	Juventus	France	10
17	Clarence Seedorf	Real Madrid	Netherlands	10
19	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	Italy	9
	Alan Shearer	Newcastle United	England	9
	David Beckham	Manchester United	England	9
22	Fernando Hierro	Real Madrid	Spain	8
23	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	Argentina	7
24	Olaf Thon	Schalke 04	Germany	6
25	Juninho	Atlético Madrid	Brazil	5
	Paulo Sousa	Borussia Dortmund	Portugal	5
	Lilian Thuram	Parma	France	5
28	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United	Wales	4
29	Oliver Bierhoff	Udinese	Germany	3
	Angelo Peruzzi	Juventus	Italy	3
	Raí	Paris Saint-Germain	Brazil	3
32	Victor Ikpeba	Monaco	Nigeria	2
33	Laurent Blanc	Marseille	France	1
	Ciro Ferrara	Juventus	Italy	1
	Rivaldo	Barcelona	Brazil	1
	Bent Skammelsrud	Rosenborg	Norway	1

Additionally, fourteen players were nominated but received no votes: Sonny Anderson, Enrico Chiesa, Hernán Crespo, Iván de la Peña, Robbie Fowler, Thomas Häßler, Thomas Helmer, Filippo Inzaghi, Gianluca Pagliuca, Robert Pires, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Sergi, Davor Šuker and Ian Wright.

References

^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1997". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
^ GiveMeSport (19 October 2022). "Who is the youngest ever Ballon d'Or winner?". OneFootball. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

External links

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

[1] Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1997". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.

[2] GiveMeSport (19 October 2022). "Who is the youngest ever Ballon d'Or winner?". OneFootball. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

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